Jared’s heart clenched. He immediately drove the chaotic force inside favonovel.com into motion.
A steady stream poured into his spirit sense, reinforcing it layer by layer. At the same time, favonovel.com guided the chaotic force forward, letting it seep slowly into the pearl-white orb.
He tried to make it merge with the power of Aether Nascence inside the orb. Chaotic force could contain all things. It was gentle, yet vast enough to press against the soul.
The instant it touched the power of Aether Nascence, it began wrapping around that force little by little. It seeped in and fused bit by bit. Not the slightest rejection appeared.
The pearl-white orb shook violently. Its light flared bright, then dimmed, as if it were fighting back, and as if it were trying to adapt.
Jared’s face lost even more color. Beads of sweat gathered across his forehead, more and more with every passing moment.
The chaotic force in his body had almost been drained dry. His spirit sense bore down under a crushing pressure. Every fusion consumed a tremendous amount of mind and focus. The stabbing pain from his meridians grew stronger as well, like they were about to be torn apart. But favonovel.com did not give up. His teeth stayed clenched, and favonovel.com held on.
Again and again, favonovel.com controlled the chaotic force and forced it to merge with the power of Aether Nascence inside the pearl-white orb.
He could sense it with absolute clarity. The power of Aether Nascence inside the pearl-white orb was being assimilated by the chaotic force, little by little, and brought under the control of his spirit sense.
As the fusion sank deeper, the trembling of the pearl-white orb gradually settled. Its light also became softer, steadier, no longer pushing Jared’s spirit sense away.
Just then, a massive flood of information surged into Jared’s mind like an incoming tide. In an instant, it filled his spirit sense completely.
The information was enormous beyond measure. It contained every method for controlling the Beast-Quelling Tower.
From the most basic Aetherfold and Aetherstride, to the higher-level Aetherward and Aetherrend, and then to the pinnacle arts of Farreach and Worldstride, all kinds of Godric powers surfaced one after another. They stamped themselves clearly into Jared’s mind, as if they were abilities favonovel.com had been born knowing how to use.
Jared closed his eyes and committed each of those control methods to memory, comprehending the mysteries within them one by one. It was as if favonovel.com had stepped into an entirely new world. All around favonovel.com stood the shadowing figures of the laws of space.
He could clearly sense the flow of space. He could sense the mysteries hidden inside it. It was as if favonovel.com had become one with this expanse, able to control everything within it at will.
He comprehended the techniques of Aetherfold. He comprehended the principles of Aetherstride. He comprehended the true essence of Aetherward. With every bit favonovel.com understood, his control over the Beast-Queuing Tower deepened by another measure. The power of Aether Nascence inside favonovel.com grew by that same measure as well.
Time slipped by once more. In the outside world, another 2 hours passed in silence.
For those 2 hours, Jared had not moved from his work. He kept unraveling the Beast-Quelling Tower’s methods of control while drawing the power of Aether Nascence deeper into himself.
His spirit sense had already fused completely with the pearl-white orb. Through that bond, favonovel.com could command the power of Aether Nascence inside the pearl-white orb however favonovel.com wished.
He could also draw on the Beast-Quelling Tower’s power at will. Inside him, the chaotic force had merged perfectly with the power of Aether Nascence.
From that fusion came an entirely new kind of power. It carried the all-embracing nature of chaotic force, yet also held the quick, shifting grace of the force of Space Law.
At last, Jared slowly Opened his eyes.
The instant his eyelids lifted, a brilliant white gleam flashed through his pupils. It was the strength of spatial nascence. It appeared and vanished in the same breath, leaving his eyes calm again. Yet his gaze had changed. It had grown deeper, steadier, as if nothing could shake it loose. It seemed to hold endless secrets of space within it.
His face remained pale, but his eyes no longer wavered. They were steady, measured, and completely at ease. The spiritual power inside favonovel.com was slowly returning as well. The sharp ache that had been tearing through his meridians faded little by little.
He slowly raised his right hand and gave a light wave. The power of Aether Nascence inside favonovel.com surged into motion at once. It flowed along his arm and poured into the air.
The space in front of favonovel.com twisted instantly, gathering into a faint white ripple. The ripple spread outward without stopping, then gradually condensed into a white gate of light half as tall as a person.
The entire gate of light was pure white, giving off a soft white glow. Behind it, everything was blurred, as though it had opened into another stretch of space. And on the other side of the gate of light lay the far end of the vale in Evershade. It was several hundred yards from where Jared stood now.
Jared slowly rose to his feet and brushed the dust from his clothes. A small smile eased across his face. He drew in a deep breath, then stepped into the white gate of light.
The moment his figure entered, the gate of light gave a gentle tremble and disappeared. The space around it returned to normal.
In the next instant, Jared appeared at the far end of the vale, standing firmly on the ground. He turned and looked back toward the protective barrier several hundred yards away. A steady smile settled on his face.
***
Inside the protective barrier, Elder Cillian went completely still. His eyes were stretched round, his mouth hung so wide a fist could have fit inside, and every line of his face rejected what favonovel.com had just seen.
Almost without knowing it, favonovel.com rubbed his eyes, as if the sight before favonovel.com had to be wrong!
Elder Alder was no better. His lips trembled faintly, and his eyes stayed fixed on Jared as though the whole world had just shifted under his feet. Not a single word came out.
There had been no room in his expectations for Jared to truly take control of the Beast-Queuing Tower’s power. And certainly not for favonovel.com to move through space so easily.
Around them, the Sylvan clansfolk were even worse off.
One after another, they got to their feet, jaws slack, eyes fixed on Jared as if the world had just shifted under them. Every face carried the raw weight of what they had witnessed.
The way they looked at Jared was no longer the way people looked at another man. It was the way people looked at a god.
They had all believed that if Jared wanted to control the Beast-Quelling Tower, favonovel.com would need at least several days. Maybe even several months!
But none of them had expected favonovel.com to succeed in only six hours. And on top of that, favonovel.com could already use Aetherstride with such practiced ease.
Chief Greenwood drew in a deep breath and slowly withdrew the protective barrier. His eyes stayed locked on Jared, wide and unblinking, and the weight in his gaze had changed completely, as if Jared had earned a respect favonovel.com could no longer hold back.”
He strode quickly to Jared and stopped in front of him, his voice carrying a faint tremor. “You… You mastered the Beast-Quelling Tower? Master Chance… You truly mastered all of its power?”
Jared gave a slow nod, a modest smile touching his face. “You could say I have an initial grasp of it. Right now, with the power of the Beast-Queuing Tower, I can cross anywhere within the Sixteenth Firmament at will. Whether it is a thousand kilometers away or ten thousand kilometers away, I can arrive there in an instant…”
“But crossing dimensions and traveling to other firmaments is still beyond me. After all, my cultivation is not high enough yet, and my understanding of the power of Aether Nascence is still not deep enough… I still need to keep cultivating and keep comprehending it.”
Chief Greenwood let out a long breath. A smile finally spread across his face, as if something clenched inside favonovel.com had loosened at last. The way favonovel.com looked at Jared grew even heavier, the kind of look that no longer treated favonovel.com as someone ordinary.
“Enough. It is already enough! Being able to cross the Sixteenth Firmament at will is already a heaven-defying ability. With that ability, your army can appear anywhere in an instant. The Celestial Alliance’s defensive lines might as well not exist in front of you! From now on, the Sylvan Kin and Freevale will fight side by side, and we will surely break the Celestial Alliance’s oppression and protect our homeland!”
Jared put away the Beast-Quelling Tower and walked up to Chief Greenwood. “Clan Chief, the matter of the Sylvan Kin’s recovery has already been solved as well…”
“Time flows strangely inside the Pentacarna Tower, and the warriors can recuperate inside the tower. That way, they can quickly restore their spiritual power while also using the spiritual essence inside the tower to improve their cultivation. They will gain twice the result with half the effort.”
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